Run Joe chords and lyrics - CHUCK BERRY

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[Verse 1]
[G]Mo [C]and[G] Jo[C]e[G]
had a [C]candy [D]store
[G]Tellin' fortune behind a door
Cops grabbed Mo and as Joe [C]ran [D]out
[G]Brother Mo then [D]began to [G]shout

[Verse 2]
Run Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand
[C][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]Ask Juanita [C]to stand me [D]bail
[G]Don't want to sleep in this rotten jail
Hide the crystal ball [C]by the [D]fence
[G]So dey won't find no evidence

[Verse 4]
[G]When you reach home, [C]get in the [D]bed
[G]Call a doctor and tie your head
Tell Juanita, in[C]vent a [D]lie
[G]Got to have a good alibi

[Verse 5]
Run [G]Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
Run Joe, the police [C]holdin' me [G]hand

[Verse 6]
[G]Go get a mouthpiece to [C]talk for me
[G]Oh, they'll charge me with
a third degree
When they take me be[C]fore the [D]sarge
[G]I am going to deny the charge

[Verse 7]
[G]If the judge ask me [C]how I plead
"Not [G]guilty sir, most decidedly
You can see [C]judge at a [D]glance
[G]I'm a victim of circumstance"

[Verse 8]
Run [G]Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand

[Verse 9]
[G]Me mommy told me not [C]long ago
[D]"Bo[G]y, keep away from that no good Joe"
If I do like me [C]momma [D]say
I [G]wouldn't be in this trouble today

[Verse 10]
[G]I'll be home by the [C]break of [D]day
[G]If the judge believe what I say
And if he don't, I'll be [C]lookin' [D]cute
Be[G]hind the bars in me striped suit

[Verse 11]
Run [G]Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
Run Joe, the police [C]holdin' me [G]hand
[C][G]

[Verse 12]
Run Joe
Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe
Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe
Run Joe